Powershell accepting multiple parameters for switch statement from user input

Question

I am trying to find a way to accept user to invoke multiple switch statements for example

$order = Read-Host "Place Order"

Switch ($order){
 1{echo "Burger"}
 2{echo "Fries"}
 3{echo "Drink"}
}

You can only type 1, 2, or 3 but if you wanted multiple you could put it into an array

$order = @('1','2')

Switch ($order){
 1{echo "Burger"}
 2{echo "Fries"}
 3{echo "Drink"}
}

output:
Burger
Fries

But how do I get user input and format it into an array value?

boxdog · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-03 15:22:25Z

1

Once simple solution is to ask the user to specify their order separated by commas:

$order = Read-Host "Place Order (use commas to separate items)"

Switch ($order.Split(',')){
 1{echo "Burger"}
 2{echo "Fries"}
 3{echo "Drink"}
}

So for this input:

Place Order (use commas to separate items): 1,3

I get this output:

Burger
Drink

This still works of they only specify a single item, or none at all - you probably need a default option for no input.

answered Apr 3, 2020 at 15:22

boxdog

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Perfect! This is exactly what I was looking for thank you!